[Yolanda Meleco]

Hi all. Based on our last call, we agreed to wait for responses from Marcia McNutt and Edit Herzog regarding their keynote invitations. At this time, Marcia has declined and Edit is tentative pending travel support. We now need to determine the following:
1 – Can RDA Europe provide travel support for Edit?
2 – Should we extend an invitation to Alexa McCray or just extend Phil Bourne’s speaking time?
Keep in mind, we also need to add in time for the Indigenous Welcome (10-15 minutes), so unless we start earlier than 9am, I believe we’re good on time with just Edit and Phil, but I do realize the benefits of a third keynote.
Your feedback on next steps would be appreciated. Thanks.
Yolanda

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[Francine Berman]

Phil and Alexa are both from the same community and Phil is a great speaker. I think giving him a longer slot would be great!
Fran
Dr. Francine Berman
Chair, Research Data Alliance / US
Edward P. Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Director, Center for a Digital Society
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~bermaf/
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Subject: [idw] Keynote Speakers – Next Steps
Hi all. Based on our last call, we agreed to wait for responses from Marcia McNutt and Edit Herzog regarding their keynote invitations. At this time, Marcia has declined and Edit is tentative pending travel support. We now need to determine the following:
1 – Can RDA Europe provide travel support for Edit?
2 – Should we extend an invitation to Alexa McCray or just extend Phil Bourne’s speaking time?
Keep in mind, we also need to add in time for the Indigenous Welcome (10-15 minutes), so unless we start earlier than 9am, I believe we’re good on time with just Edit and Phil, but I do realize the benefits of a third keynote.
Your feedback on next steps would be appreciated. Thanks.
Yolanda

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